British Council Film Collection

Steam Turbine

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About the film

An informative account of the history, manufacture, and scientific principles behind a steam turbine.

Details

Release year

1946

Director

Aubrey E. Singer

Production company

G.B. Instructional

Running time (minutes)

08 mins 15 secs

Associate Producer

E. Smith Morris

Diagram Direction

Lionel D'Arcy Pierce

Technical Supervisor

J. Lauwerys

Original Description

'The rotary steam engine; early designs of Hero of Alexandria, and Branca, and the Pelton wheel. Parsons’ steam turbine explained by animated diagram. Turbines fitted in ships, and turbo-generators in large power stations.'
(Films of Britain - British Council Film Department Catalogue - 1946)

Trivia

The ocean liner seen in the opening shots of Steam Turbine is the famous RMS Queen Elizabeth, which had been used as a troopship during the Second World War, but was a passenger ship by the time of filming.

Joseph Lauwerys helped to make another film on the same topic in 1943, entitled Invention of the Steam Engine, though the British Council had ceased to distribute it by the time Steam Turbine went into production.

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